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Description for The Bellini Card
Hardback. Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. This is an adventure in which a quest for a lost painting turns into dangerous game of cat and mouse that threatens to destroy the Ottoman throne and overturn the balance of power in Europe. Series: Yashim the Ottoman Detective. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 487. Good clean copy in dustjacket. DJ has minor wear but remains very good
The third book in Jason Goodwin's celebrated series takes Yashim from the winding alleyways of Istanbul to the decaying grandeur of Venice. Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, he enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers - self-made men, faded aristocrats and the hedonistic Contessa. But when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business. And meanwhile, what has happened ... Read more
The third book in Jason Goodwin's celebrated series takes Yashim from the winding alleyways of Istanbul to the decaying grandeur of Venice. Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, he enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers - self-made men, faded aristocrats and the hedonistic Contessa. But when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business. And meanwhile, what has happened ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571239924
SKU
KCW0001965
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jason Goodwin
Jason Goodwin is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Investigator Yashim series. The first five books-The Janissary Tree, The Snake Stone, The Bellini Card, An Evil Eye and The Baklava Club-have been published to international acclaim, alongside Yashim Cooks Istanbul, a cookbook of Ottoman Turkish recipes inspired by the series. Goodwin studied Byzantine history at Cambridge and is the author ... Read more
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